SABA Board of Directors
- President and Chief Executive Officer
Jason Hisey
- Secretary
Ray Schneider
- Vice President
Jim Dever
- Director
David Zeinfeld
- Director
Pat Anderson
Immediate Past Board Members:
 Coach
Hisey played high school baseball in Klamath Falls,
Ore from 1984-1987. During his time as a prep player he
played in two Olympic Festivals (1986 Houston/ 1987 North
Carolina), was on the 1987 USA National Junior Baseball Team
which participated in the Junior World Championships in Windsor,
Ontario Canada, and was recognized as the Oregon Baseball
Player of the Year by Gatorade.
After graduating high school Coach Hisey signed a letter
of intent to play baseball for Jerry Kindall at the University
of Arizona. Jason pitched at the UA from the fall of 1987
to the spring of 1991, lettering three of his four years,
and captaining the 1991 team.
After graduating with a bachelors degree in Exercise Sport
Science from the UA, Jason played three professional seasons
with the St. Louis Cardinal organization, from 1991-1993.
In 1995 Jason received his Masters degree from the UA in
Sports Administration.
Coach Hisey was hired as head baseball coach at Catalina
Foothills High School January 5th, 1995. Coach Hisey guided
the Falcons to nine consecutive 20 win seasons. In his eleven
year tenure the Falcons were 256-78 (77%). In that time
the Falcons won eight Region Championships (1996, 1998, 2000,
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005), and played for the Arizona
Interscholastic Association State Championship in 2002, 2004
and 2005. His teams were ranked Nationally by various publications
throughout his 11 seasons, reaching as high as 10th in Collegiate
Baseball in 2002. The 2005 Falcons set the school record
for wins in a season with 33, and the 2000 team set a school
record by winning their first twenty games.
In his tenure at CFHS Coach Hisey tutored six division I
scholarship players, three professional players, had 74 individual
players honored as All-Region, 33 players on the Arizona
Daily Star/ Tucson Citizen All-Southern Arizona team, and
Seventeen All-State Selections. In addition, he was honored
as the Southern Arizona coach of the year in both 2002 and
2004, and was Region Coach of the Year in 1995, 1996, 2000,
2002 and 2004.
From the summer of 1997-2005 coach Hisey directed Foothills
Baseball Club to over 320 wins in eight seasons. Competing
in tournaments across the nation Coach Hisey’s club teams
finished in the top 8 of several national tournaments; including
the Timet Wolves Classic (Las Vegas, NV), USABF (San Diego,
CA), Champions (Louisville, KY) and AAU 17-under (Phoenix,
AZ), played for the 1998 Arizona American Legion State Championship,
and played for the Southern Arizona Baseball Association
Championship in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005, winning back
to back championships in 2004 and 2005.
In 2005 Coach Hisey was selected as an assistant coach for
USA Baseballs National Junior Team which traveled to Villahermosa,
Mexico and captured the silver medal going 12-2 in the COPABE
games. Coach Hisey served as the pitching coach and his
staff posted a USA Baseball Junior Team record ERA of 0.94
in 14 games. In the summer and fall of 2006 coach Hisey
was head coach for USA Baseballs National Junior team (age
18-under), and led them to a silver medal in the 2006 World
Championships in Cuba. Coach Hisey’s selection as a USA
baseball coach made him the first former player on a USA
National Junior team to also serve as a coach.
Coach Hisey served as pitching coach and associate head
coach at Pima Community College from 2006-2008. In his time
at PCC Pima won 105 games over three years and made the play-offs
in 2006 and 2007. His 2006 pitching staff led the ACCAC
with a 2.74 ERA.
Coach Hisey took over the Ironwood Ridge High School baseball
program in 2009 and guided them to the final eight of the
5A II state tournament in just his first. His 2009 IRHS
squad finished with the second most wins in a season with
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